Evangelicalism Quotes

“Evangelicals simply cannot be identified immediately with the political right. Non-
Anglican Protestants in Britain were long aligned with the political Left, and Australia’s
left-wing parties have also enjoyed a measure of evangelical support. Canada’s major
left-wing political organization, the New Democratic Party, came to prominence under
the leadership of a Baptist pastor, Tommy Douglas.”
― John G. Stackhouse Jr., Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction

“Evangelicalism increasingly became a global culture. By the 2020s, the largest
congregations in the world were not in Texas or Georgia or California, but in Korea,
Nigeria, and Brazil.”
― John G. Stackhouse Jr., Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction

“Conservative” should not be used as a synonym for “evangelical.” Evangelicals have
been only selectively conservative. Many evangelicals have also been progressive, and
sometimes even radical—in doctrine, in ethics, in politics, in art, and more: whatever
gets the job done.”
― John G. Stackhouse Jr., Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction